Comments on: It’s great that AT&T opened FaceTime up but when will Apple?http://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/
The industry leader in emerging technology researchSun, 20 May 2018 13:32:26 +0000hourly1By: Alexhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1172197
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:43:15 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1172197I think The meant they would opensource the technology and the algorythms not the program.
]]>By: coder543http://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1164773
Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:17:03 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1164773This time a thousand. I have never forgotten the promise they made to open this up.
]]>By: Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansenhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1164250
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:39:12 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1164250Of course; the answer to any problem with any standard is always to create another oneâ€¦

]]>By: hundomanhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1164214
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:28:54 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1164214Without any ability to communicate with vendor agnostic H.323 endpoints or dial into cloud hosted video bridges or even corporate on premise video bridges Apple FaceTime is just the consumer junk like all Apple product is moving towards. Apple dropped the Computer from its name a long time ago for this very reason.

They don’t make computers they just make gadgets.

]]>By: Abi Mendezhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163895
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:48:01 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163895LOL!! How i missed that.. And you are correct about “what everybody else’s use”, but someone has to make the change, and if you think about it it would make more sense if you have an option that runs on multiple platforms then the one that only runs on a single one. I guess since we are a little more involve with technology is easier for us to adapt to the ones that aren’t. Sorry i wasn’t trying to troll… Cheers!!
]]>By: Kevin C. Tofelhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163838
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:33:46 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163838Abi, I noted in my post that I do use Google Talk. ;) But the issue isn’t just what *I* use; it’s what *others* use, no?
]]>By: Abi Mendezhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163832
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:31:10 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163832Maybe you should try other alternatives and stop depending on one solution. I have been using GTALK for at least 3 years over cellular network, and i know there are plenty of other options. Cheers!
]]>By: Jose Gabriel Marcelinohttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163780
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:16:39 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163780No thanks. I get enough spam via open SMS. Last thing Apple should do is open FaceTime to others outside their control.

Is it that different from what BBM has successfully done for so many years?

]]>By: Trent Johnsenhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163695
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:43:29 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163695You’re absolutely right Kevin & we’re not waiting for Apple. Hookflash has open sourced Open Peer, so anyone can integrate Facetime functionality (including IM). http://openpeer.org/. The reference client, Hookflash for iPad demonstrates the use of social as directory, in this case LinkedIn. Facetime, along with Skype & Google have maintained a “subscriber” based view of the world where we have to sign up. Your friends and peers are in your social directories, Open Peer will connect you there.
]]>By: John R. Kirkhttp://gigaom.com/2012/11/09/its-great-that-att-opened-facetime-up-but-when-will-apple/#comment-1163585
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:07:02 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=582734#comment-1163585Apple just got hit with a $368 million dollar patent infringement verdict on technology contained in FaceTime. If Apple doesn’t own the technology, they can’t open source it.
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